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Creating Replication and High Availability Cloud Scenarios › Navigating the Cloud View Panel

Navigating the Cloud View Panel

The Cloud View panel lets you manage and monitor your EC2 instances and supports multiple AWS accounts.

Note: If you need to manage EBS volumes, snapshots, Elastic IPs, security groups, and so on, use the standard AWS management tools such as the AWS Management Console.

This panel provides the following options:

Cloud View

Displays the cloud accounts and instances. The Cloud View tab contains two panes. The left pane displays the cloud accounts and instances, including instance, status, key pair name, security group and IP address.

RHA Cloud View Panel_Left Pane showing AWS accounts and instances

AWS Cloud Account

Displays the AWS statistics panel that provides the EC2 resource use summary for a cloud account. This pane displays on the right when an AWS account entry is selected in the left pane.

RHA Cloud View Panel_Right Pane showing AWS account resource usage

AWS Cloud Instance

Displays the AWS statistics panel with detailed information about an instance. This pane displays on the right when a specific instance is selected in the left pane.

Example of the AWS Cloud Instance Tab

AWS Cloud Watch

Displays additional instance statistics when the AWS Cloud Watch option is enabled.

Example of the AWS Cloud Watch Tab

Using the Cloud View panel activates the Cloud View Toolbar. Use the following options on the Cloud View toolbar to help you easily manage your cloud accounts and instances:

click the add cloud account toolbar button Add Cloud Account

Opens the Add Cloud Account dialog so you can create a new cloud account.

click the delete cloud account toolbar button Delete Cloud Account

Specifies to delete the selected cloud account.

click the update cloud account toolbar button Update Cloud Account

Lets you change cloud account information.

click the change default region toolbar button Change Default Region

Lets you change the AWS default region.

Click the create new instance toolbar button to create a new instance Create New Instance

Opens the Instance Creation Wizard so you can create a new instance.

click the delete instance toolbar button Delete Instance

Specifies to delete the selected instance.

click the start instance toolbar button Start Instance

Specifies to start the selected instance.

click the stop instance toolbar button Stop Instance

Specifies to stop the selected instance.

Click the reboot instance toolbar button to restart a stopped instance Reboot Instance

Specifies to restart a stopped instance.

Click the get instance password toolbar button to retrieve the password for the instance Get Password

Lets you retrieve an instance password.

Click the refresh cloud view panel toolbar button to refresh the Cloud View Panel display Refresh

Refreshes the cloud account and instances that display in the Cloud View.

click the configure web proxy toolbar button to configure Amazon web services server Configure Web Proxy Server

Lets you specify proxy information such as IP address, port, and user credentials so that you can use a proxy to connect to the cloud service.